25 Photos That Show How Facial Hair Can Change Your Entire Look

Whether you prefer the softness of a clean-shaven face or the sophistication of an impeccably groomed beard, there’s no denying that facial hair, or the absence thereof, can entirely alter your appearance. Some men rock a smooth chin, while others grow out their wiry scruff to camouflage their baby face—and some switch it up depending on their mood or even the time of year. (Movember, anyone?) However you choose to tend to your ever-growing stubble, it’s clear there’s no one-style-fits-all when it comes to facial hair.

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Ricky Martin

The singer, actor, and author has switched up his hairstyle a ton over the years, donning everything from tapered sides to a classic comb over. Martin has the same ever-changing philosophy when it comes to his facial hair, but no matter how he wears it, he always looks camera-ready.

Jamie Dornan

Ed Sheeran

The singer-songwriter has come a long way from British GQ’s worst-dressed man 2012. He’s since upped his style game and shown us he can switch up his facial hair style, all while maintaining his signature shaggy red locks.

Adam Levine

Nick Offerman

Offerman’s clean-shaven face is a swift departure from his typical lumberjack look.

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Alwyn’s youthful appearance ages instantly (in a good way) when he grows out his beard.

Joe Alwyn

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Whether he’s rocking a five o’clock shadow or a full beard that neatly frames his face, God’s plan for Drake’s facial hair is always well-groomed.

Drake

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Rudd has gone back and forth between bare-faced and bearded, and Twitter always has something to say about it.

Paul Rudd

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The actor famously starred in the Harold & Kumar and American Pie films with a stubble-free face but has tested out a circle beard in recent years.

John Cho

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A surefire way for Legend to separate himself from his doppelgänger, Arthur, is to grow out his facial hair.

John Legend

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The singer, actor, and author has switched up his hairstyle a ton over the years, donning everything from tapered sides to a classic comb over. Martin has the same ever-changing philosophy when it comes to his facial hair, but no matter how he wears it, he always looks camera-ready.

Ricky Martin

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While playing a drug baron on HBO’s The Wire, Elba sported a neatly groomed circle beard, but off set, he’s experimented with everything from a light chin stubble to a full beard.

Idris Elba

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Cooper never rests on his grooming laurels for long. One day he's clean-shaven, and the next day a beard is born.

Bradley Cooper

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Patel had always rocked a bald chin until a few years ago when he began not only growing out his facial hair, but also the hair on his head.

Dev Patel

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The Rock has maintained a bald head for years, but the same can’t be said for the hair on his face. He juggles back and forth between clean-shaven and a medium stubble.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

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The award for most important facial hair goes to Ventimiglia’s—the sole identifier of the chapter of Jack Pearson’s life we’re watching on This Is Us.

Milo Ventimiglia

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Clooney can do no wrong when it comes to grooming, whether he’s bearing his prominent jawline or accentuating it with a full and fleshy beard.

George Clooney

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When the Olympic swimmer isn’t chiseling and shaving his face and body into their most hydrodynamic forms, he sports a short, boxed beard.

Michael Phelps

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Boseman wore his scruff proudly as Black Panther in Wakanda, but when he’s not portraying a superhero, he dabbles with a smoother look.

Chadwick Boseman

Ben Affleck

Affleck is no stranger to a bald chin, but he typically stays somewhere between neatly-trimmed and fully outgrown.

Ben Affleck

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Bare-faced Chris Pine looks unquestionably different from the man who’s known for sporting some serious statement-making scruff for the past half a decade.

Chris Pine

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Hats and glasses have become the actor and film producer’s signature style, but he keeps his look fresh by playing around with his facial hair.

Samuel L. Jackson

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You may catch Kal Penn beardless from time to time, but he admittedly doesn’t enjoy shaving.

Kal Penn

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The basketball player looks almost unrecognizable without that tufted beard we’ve grown accustomed to.

LeBron James

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Dornan has shown us 50 shades of facial hair—flaunting everything from a barely-there mustache to a full-grown beard.

Jamie Dornan

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The singer-songwriter has come a long way from British GQ’s worst-dressed man 2012. He’s since upped his style game and shown us he can switch up his facial hair style, all while maintaining his signature shaggy red locks.

Ed Sheeran

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Minhaj may be a world-class comedian, but there’s nothing funny about his facial hair. Whether it’s nonexistent or immaculately shaped, he always lights up the stage with his smile.

Hasan Minhaj

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Levine isn’t afraid to take a risk when it comes to his hair. This man can grow some serious scruff, but every so often he opts to shave it all off.

Adam Levine

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Offerman’s clean-shaven face is a swift departure from his typical lumberjack look.